4 | Endgame

Grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca said that to succeed “you must
study the endgame before anything else.” In this episode we talk
about endgame, an idea from chess that we extrapolate to answer
the question, What is it like to be at the end of a great cosmic
war?


Where to ConnectMount Vigil has come to an
end but you can still connect with Anthony and Blaine at their
respective blogs:


Anthony - Sun Tongue

Blaine - The Paradise King



Notes
We begin by following up on the question of apocalypse posed in
the previous episode: what exactly is being uncovered?


Moving on we get into a little chess (and poker) endgame theory
as a way of charting the territory of this conversation. We talk
about the characteristics of a these endgames and then generalize
to find out what predictable changes we can expect if we are in
an endgame outside the context of games


We discuss four characteristics of endgame’s strategic
environment:
SpeedDeceptionSurprising charactersChaos

After talking about the qualities of an endgame we ask, what
“game” is it that we think we are in the end of?


And who are the major players involved and what are their goals?
Our non-exhuastive list includes:


Spirits

Pagans

Sorcerers

Humanists

Nihilists

Nations and Statists

Jesus and his Church



Finally we end with some words of encouragement for the Christian
who is trying to follow Jesus in a world that seems increasingly
chaotic.



Additional Notes


Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume

Zugzwang

Ruse de guerre

COVID-19 The Great Reset – Klaus Schwab

Petrodollar system overview

Atlantic article on sperm count decline

Megastatue of Buddha Destroyed in Sichuan

Canadian Church Fires

A Wind in the House of Islam

Psalm 2